Click through to see how the states stack up when it comes to monthly marijuana use according to the most recent report from the National Survey of Drug Use and Health. The statistics come from surveys conducted during 2011 and 2012. less

Click through to see how the states stack up when it comes to monthly marijuana use according to the most recent report from the National Survey of Drug Use and Health. The statistics come from surveys ... more

1. District of
Columbia: 19.7 percent of residents told interviewers they’d used marijuana in
the prior year.

1. District of Columbia: 19.7 percent of residents told interviewers they’d used marijuana in the prior year.

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Washington the stoniest state? Not so much

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Turns out we Westerners like our marijuana a little bit more than our Southern and Midwestern brethren.

Recently released National Survey of Drug Use and Health results show about 14 percent of Western U.S. residents said they smoked marijuana in the prior year, compared to 10 percent of Southerners and 11.5 percent of Midwesterners. Northeasterners were a little more likely to hit the bong – about 13 percent said they’d used pot in the past year, when questioned by surveyors. But it turns out the individual states are a different story.

Click through the gallery above to see how Washington ranks on the list of stoniest states.

A note on these numbers: The surveys were collected by Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration workers in 2011 and 2012, before the marijuana legalization efforts in Washington and Colorado had a meaningful impact. We're interested to see if legalization changes use, but it's just too early to do so.

Due to a change in the survey, current marijuana-use statistics can’t be compared easily to those from a decade ago. But the surveys do show the public has generally come to see marijuana as less threatening.

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In 2002, about 38 percent of Americans age 12 or older saw a “great risk” in smoking marijuana once a month. The number was much lower in Washington, where 27.6 percent of those surveyed agreed that marijuana poses a great risk.

By 2012, the national number had fallen to 31 percent with just 23 percent of Washington residents agreeing that monthly marijuana use was dangerous.

According to the most recent survey, Alaskans see the least risk in using marijuana, with 20.5 percent agreeing that monthly use is risky. Mississippi residents, 39.5 percent of whom said monthly marijuana use poses a “great risk,” were most concerned. Washington finished sixth-least concerned, behind Alaska, Maine, Oregon, New Hampshire and Massachusetts.

The Washington Post put together a fun map drawn from the survey, which can be found here.